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Choosing Sony or Apple for phone pix

Sony Xperia XZ vs iPhone 7 Plus: the choice is yours.

The person who presumes to review and assess digital doodads faces a constant dilemma: do we judge against an ideal or do we assess on the basis of realistic expectations of owners' use?

BlackBerry reveals its final in-house smartphone

Blackberry's final in-house phone is the DTEK60.

BlackBerry has showed off the last phone it will market itself before completely outsourcing design, production and distribution to partners: a 5.5-inch touchscreen device that rivals the size of the iPhone 7 Plus and Google Pixel XL, but at a lower price.

'Portrait mode' arrives for iPhone 7 Plus

When working correctly, portrait mode applies a blur to background objects.

Update's headline feature is only available on the iPhone 7 Plus — a new 'portrait mode' that uses the phone's dual cameras to create a shallow depth of field usually only achieved with larger camera systems.

Samsung's history of problematic products

Samsung has recalled six models of its top-loader washing machines.

Samsung killed the Galaxy Note7 this week after the devices continued to burst into flames. But the tech behemoth has not extinguished scrutiny over its safety record.